A landmark study led by the Sax Institute has revealed a new way forward in helping health policy agencies build their capacity to use research evidence.
Water provides many examples of how politics can get in the way of good policy, and how Australia’s federal system sometimes supports and sometimes derails bipartisan solutions.
Today’s overhaul of private sector whistleblower protections provides a glimmer of hope for the strong, bipartisan integrity reforms Australia needs… if and when we are prepared to lift our sights.
Victoria's obsession with urban sprawl means a constant supply of cheap new housing without angering existing residents. But while it's politically easy, there are big hidden costs.
They are highly effective at exposing wrongdoing, but do they influence policy development? A two-stage approach might be more effective, write Dr Peter Wilkins and Professor John Phillimore.
The Prime Minister wants the public service to spend vastly more with Indigenous-owned suppliers, hoping to double down on the success of affirmative action in procurement, but risks overstating the policy’s likely impact on employment. Commonwealth departments have been told to ramp up spending with Indigenous companies to 1% of…
Now is the time to draw on what we know, to bring together the corporate, not-for-profit, academic and government sectors and to progress what we can do to create change and rebuild trust, writes Kristy Muir.
As the public sector's chief finance officers are granted a permanent seat in the executive table, the finance function is being transformed from historian and compliance cop, to problem solver and enabler.
